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Published at Victoria, B. 6.
Vol.
VI. No. ji
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PURE WATER
With reference to the meeting for the
consideration of the ever-present water
problem, there is one important fact to
which The Week has repeatedly drawn attention, and to which little enough regard
continues to be paid. It may be possible,
as some enthusiasts argue, that the Elk
Lake Water Supply is sufficient for the
City's needs for some years to come. On
the other hand, it is quite possible, and
many people state that it is quite certain,
that Victoria will be buying her water by
the gallon from the Esquimalt Waterworks Co. before next September. These
are matters for argument—and the proof
which the future may bring. Much more
important is the question of whether Elk
•ake water is fit for human beings to
drink. The Week has repeatedly asserted
that it is not. The guarded opinion of
some of the most competent medical men
of the City is also that it is not. In that
case, what are we going to do about it'*;
Much water or little water, if it is not
fit to drink, it is of no use to the City.
This seems to be the most important point
imongst the numerous projections with
which the waterworks problem of Victoria
•..-that shining monument of a commun-
ty's incapacity and wrong-lieadedness—is
irnamented.
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HE BRITISH ELECTIONS
The conflict is at an end; a good many
people, and nearly all the Canadian newspapers affected to believe that it was the
_ -eatest electoral campaign since the year
■)i the Reform Bill, but "the man in the
itreet" knew better, and while it would be
somewhat extravagant characterization
to classify the contest as "Much ado about
nothing," it may be conceded that the
issues at stake were by no means as vital
as those of Home Rule, or the Repeal of
the Corn Laws. One of the most singular
features of the campaign was the practical
unanimity of the Canadian Press in lining
up against the Lords. Even the so-called
Conservative papers, such as the Mail and
Impire and the Toronto News, were hard-
less bellicose in their attitude than the
■ecognized Liberal organs. It is only
charitable to assume that the representatives of these papers believed they were
fighting for a principle, and that danger,
not only to the British Constitution, but
the Empire at large, lurked in the
^position of the Lords to the Budget.
All of which goes to show that Joe Martin
not such a fool as some Liberals, and
good many Conservatives, have been ac-
iiistomed to think. Two years ago, when
addressing the Cobden Club in London,
said that Canada was as a whole Pro-
;ectionist and Liberal. On the present
iccasion, if one is to judge from the atti-
;ude of the Press, it was a little more
.iberal than Protectionist. Another
imusing feature of the case, amusing at
iny rate to an Englishman conversant with
he political life of his country, was the
tainty with which the Canadian Press
md a few of the syndicate Radical organs
the Old Country, predicted the annihil-
tion of the Lords. No middle course
im possible. They had violated the Con-
to
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stitution; they had infringed on the
sacred rights of the Commons; they had
thwarted the wishes of the chosen representatives of the people. Popular government was in danger. The people, with a
capital "P," had been flouted, ancl there
could be no peace and no security within
the Empire, until the truculent occupants
of the Gilded Chamber had been humiliated. This is not an unfair paraphrase
of the utterances of the Liberal Press
and the shriekings of Lloyd George and
Winston Churchill, minus the foaming at
the mouth of the latter. The Week had
the temerity on the eve of the contest
to predict, not only that Mr. Asquith
would decline at the bidding of his obstreperous lieutenants to make "Down
with the Lords" his election cry, but also
that, whatever he might decide to do, the
Country, with a capital "C," would make
it perfectly clear that the Lords were not
to be "downed," and even the most extreme Radical now admits that this must
be accepted as the verdict of the elections.
The shrewdest politicians agree that the
general verdict amounts to a saw-off, the
country having failed on the one hand to
grant a mandate for any drastic treatment
of the Lords, and on the other to sanction
the immediate bringing-in of Tariff Reform. It cannot even be argued that the
constituencies have warned the House of
Lords; for the more the vote is analysed,
the more clearly is it apparent that they
have practically been sustained in their
attitude. And what was their attitude?
Wot, as has been argued by some extremists, one of uncompromising hostility to
the Lloyd George Budget, but a demand
that the country should first pronounce
upon a measure, which admittedly exceeded the bounds of a purely financial
proposition. Presumably, Mr. Asquith
would argue that the country has endorsed
the Budget; it will be interesting to
watch developments, and to read the arguments by means of which such a contention is sustained, remembering that any
majority which Mr. Asquith may be able
to control, is made up entirely of Irish
Nationalists, who are returned solely upon
the Home Rule issue, and Labourites,
whose mandate is to play the part of
Ishmael against every political combination. The Week believes that the logical
result of the elections, so far as the House
of Lords and the Budget are concerned,
is that any reform of the former must
emanate from its own ranks, and as to the
latter it will be greatly modified in the
House of Commons, ancl possibly still further in the Upper Chamber, before it can
become law, ancl by tliat time it is safe to
venture the prediction that it will have
been stripped of its Socialistic clauses.
With reference to Tariff Reform the
strength of the vote in its favour is the
greatest surprise of the elections, ancl
clearly indicates, its growing popularity
with the masses. In spite also of the ill-
mannered and the brutal onslaught of Mr.
Frederick Harrison, it was a remarkable
tribute to the popularity and influence of
Mr. Chamberlain. It is not difficult to
explain the failure of the Tariff Reformers
to carry the large centres of industry.
Birmingham alone remained true to the
policy of its illustrious citizen. Birmingham is the centre of the greatest iron and
steel manufacturing district; it does a
large export trade; it imports no raw material from abroad, ancl its keenest competitors in the foreign market are Germany and the United States. Indeed in
some lines, notably steel girders and structural steel, they encroach on the home
market. Birmingham and the Black
Country had everything to gain, and nothing to lose by the adoption of Protection.
On the other hand, Lancashire as the
great cotton county, ancl Yorkshire, as the
great woollen county, import nearly all
their raw material from abroad, and the
work-people are doubtful as to the possible
results of the mildest measure of Protection. Of the other two great industrial
centres, South Wales ancl the North of
England, it may be said that Lloyd George
hypnotised the former, and that the latter
is within the frigid zone of Scotch Liberalism. It is conceded that the ramparts
and outworks of the Tariff Reform party
have been carried sensibly forward, and
that in the next campaign the necessary
vantage points will be taken to ensure its
adoption. Meanwhile, interest centres on
the movements of Mr. Asquith, who finds
himself in a most unenviable position.
Premier by grace of two irreconcilable
parties, neither of which owes him allegiance ; urged by his own most aggressive
colleagues to a policy with reference to
the House of Lords for which he has no
taste, it is by no means certain that he
will be able even to assume the reins of
office; it is certain that he cannot long
hold them. In this connection perhaps
the most senseless observation which has
been made throughout the campaign is
that the King will be asked to interfere.
This comes with ill grace from a party,
which, while possessing the largest majority of modern times, deliberately plunged
the country in the turmoil of an election,
because it could not brook the so-called
interference of the Lords with the will of
the people.
MAYORAL METHODS
The Week is not looking for any favours from the Mayor and Council of Victoria. It is quite a number of years since
any of the advertising plums, which the
City Fathers have to dispense, fell into its
basket. When The Week undertook tc
criticize the policy and conduct of Mayor
Morley during his previous terms of office,
and the exploits of his successor, ancl the
Council over which he presided, The Week
was perfectly well aware that Mayor Morley, at any rate, was too narrow-minded to
accept the criticisms in a public sense. It
takes a broad-minded man to recognise the
independence and honesty of a paper
which castigates him, however richly he
may deserve it. But The Week ventures
to think that it has rendered a service to
thc public which more than justifies the
sacrifice of whatever favours the Council
may have at its disposal, and in spite of
some recent utterances of Mayor Morley,
whicli, out of respect for the Mayoral
Chair, not for the Mayor, il refrains from
publishing, The Week will continue to
plough its lonely furrow, and to criticize
Mayor Morley and his colleagues just as
fearlessly as it has always done.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
The Local Legislature is certainly getting busy, and if the promise of the first
fortnight is sustained, it is not unlikely
that a record will be established for beneficial legislation. Among the most important measures, which has received
prompt attention, is the new Schools' Act,
upon which the Minister of Education is
entitled to very hearty congratulation. Dr.
Young proves himself, session after
session, to be a devoted and capable public
servant, and the present proposal to institute a system of medical examinations in
the public schools of the Province is
abreast of the most advanced policy of the
times. It must be gratifying to British
Columbians to read the enthusiastic
eulogium on our public schools, which fell
from the lips of Premier McBride. It
is only necessary to compare them with
the schools of other provinces to realize
how thoroughly praise is deserved.
MINING INSTITUTES
The Canadian Mining Institute is
practically a federation of the local
Mining Institutes of each province.
British Columbia has a branch, of which
Mr. E. E. Jacobs is the most painstaking
and indefatigable secretary. British Columbia claims to be the banner mining province of the Dominion, ancl its Premier
is also its Minister of Mines. Yet, British Columbia is the only one of the mining
provinces which does not make a direct
contribution to the funds of the Institute.
Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario are
large contributors. The expense of conducting the B. C. branch at so great a distance from headquarters, is considerable,
and the local president, Mr. Thomas Kiddie, supported by the members of his committee, has appealed to the Government to
make an annual contribution to the fund.
His request is a reasonable one, and The
Week would like to see a grant of at least
$2,000 included in the estimates hereafter.
It is in a position to know that the local
branch is capable of rendering invaluable
service to the mining interests of the Province, and it is only reasonable that it
should be subsidized to enable 'it to do so
more efficiently.
A MATTER OF GEOGRAPHY
During a recent tour in the East the
Editor of The Week was greatly astonished to find such general ignorance prevailing on the geography of the Pacific
Coast. Leading citizens of Montreal and
Toronto confused Vancouver with Vancouver Island, and were under the impression that Vancouver ancl Victoria were
both on the Island. Apropos to this an
article recently published in an English
magazine spoke of ' Large portions of
Vancouver still being unexplored." And
the most remarkable feature of the latter
is that tlie article was from tlie pen of a
well-known Vancouver lady. Probably
Dr. Young has his hands full in educating
the youth of his own province, but it ought
to be possible for someone to lighten the
darkness of outsiders.
THE CANADIAN NORTHERN
The Doubting Thomases who spoke of
the Canadian Northern as a "fake institution" should pay a visit to the East, ancl
especially to Toronto, ancl learn the estimation in wliieh Mackenzie ancl Mann are
held there. The business men of Montreal and Toronto are better posted on the
railway policy of the Canadian Northern
than the people of Victoria, and speak
with au air of confidence as to the certainty of that policy being carried to a
prompt ancl successful conclusion. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
At The Street
Corner
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My attention has been called during the past week to another instance
of politeness, as existing in this fair
Western country of ours. I havc
written on this subject before, and I
make no apology for touching on it
again, as if there is one thing which
I would like to hammer into the heads
of the Western Canadian, whether
he bc a Native Son or an Immigrant,
it is the fact that politeness is the
real sign of a gentleman, and that, no
matter how he dresses, unless a man
has the germs of politeness implanted in his bosom, he might just as well
walk thc streets as a "bum" and a
disgrace to the land of his adoption.
Last week a lady walked into an
office in town. She communicated
her business to the young gentleman
(?) in charge; a few minutes later
the lady stenographer, thinking that
there might be some work for her to
do, accosted the same male personage, and inquired what the talk had
been about.
"Aw! She didn't know what she
was talking about," replied his highness.
"Well, I'll bet she knew more about
herself than you did," remarked thc
damsel, "because I noticed that you
never took your hat off when you
were speaking to her."
Pretty good, isn't it? But you'll
find it all through Western Canada.
Kids who still ought to bc at school
and who would be a great deal better
off for a not too gentle administration
of a thick stick on that portion of
their anatomy which is best adapted
to the same stick's use, are given
positions of more or less responsibility in offices, and think that they
then arc more than merely imitations of their Creator. Such kids
need spanking; occasionally they get
it, but more often their employer
loses custom through the breach of
manners which is observable in this
Province;—it may be as bad elsewhere on the continent, but not
knowing from experience the Lounger
would rather not say anything on
mere hearsay.
* .* *
I have achieved fame, and not only
fame, but honour and glory, together
with an imperishable reputation. The
Vancouver World of the 26th inst.
honoured the Lounger with a half-
page editorial. Thc Captious Critic
who wrote the article took exception
to my remarks re babies. But I stick
to my guns, and still contend that
"nobody loves a baby." I can hardly
be described as a "cantankerous old
bachelor"; to the bachelorship I
plead guilty, but I am neither of thc
other two things. However, what can
one expect from the Vancouver
World; it is well known for its childishness, so it is not hard to see why
it defends babies. I appreciate the
little hit given me with regard to
men giving up their scats to "the
little shabby woman with a pink-faced
morsel of humanity," but I don't
think that the seat is given up because of thc "pink-faced morsel"; no;
it is thc natural homage which every
man, who is a man, pays to woman,
who appeals to him more especially
when she appears in public with that
small baby whom she has brought into thc world with so much tribulation. Unless we had been babies wc
could never havc been men and women, but at the same time I do not
see that wc should be compelled to
love those little "pink-faced morsels"
just because we were one of them
ourselves at that period of our life,
which most of us would bc glad to
forget.
* * *
The letter of the Bishop of Columbia which appeared in a recent issue
of the Colonist, filled me with a good
deal of surprise. Dr. Perrin has always struck me as a man with very
pronounced opinions but as possessing a broad and charitable view as
regards thc general run of human life.
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The curse of our Western cities has
been the dullness of our Sundays;
the fact that Church and Sunday-
school afford the only form of recreation (and in this connection I use
the word in its original sense) is
what keeps thc "blind-pigs" open.
What harm can there be in a secular
concert? It is the opinion of many
people that there is no such thing,
and that all music is sacred. It is
only thc words which differentiate between what is known as sacred and
secular music. I havc heard "Abide
With Mc" played as a most fascinating waltz, and "A Few More Years
Shall Roll" as a rollicking polka. I
havc also heard "When We Arc
Married" from the Belle of New
York played as an organ voluntary
in church, and a very excellent one
it made. Sunday concerts have been
a feature of London life for some
lime, and have been run under the
direct patronage of the Sunday
League, whilst if I am not very much
mistaken, though 1 admit that I am
open to correction on this point, the
present Bishop of London, Dr. Win-
ningtom Ingram, has given them his
open support. Another point in connection with this business is thc extraordinary attitude of the Colonist,
which after having inserted thc
Bishop's letter directed against the
Sunday concert project, refused to
insert replies, ancl naively entrenched
itself behind the plea that it did not
care to print them, because, though
it did not object to permit thc ^discussion of such a subject in its
columns it insisted "that it shall be
discussed decorously and with some
regard to thc amenities of life." I
happened to sec one of these letters,
and it was couched in language as
moderate and respectful as one could
wish to see. Neither decorum nor
the amenities of life were violated;
but then there is no accounting for
tastes. At the same time I can't see
why it is wicked to hear a good concert while it is not wicked to read
"An Hour With the Editor." There
is heaps of good material in both,
hut one reaches thc brain by means
of the eyes, and the other by means
of the ears. What's the odds, anyway?
* * *
The two evangelists have'left. Wc
have read in thc columns of thc daily
papers of the immense amount of
good which they havc done, but, personally, I hail from Missouri. I
didn't take advantage of their presence in this fain city of ours, because if I want to go to church the
Church of England is good enough
for me. At the same time I haven't
come across a single individual who
did go, and I have met quite a lot of
sinners during the past fortnight. I
have only once in my whole life met
one person who was affected by an
evangelistic campaign, and that was
Dr. Wilfrid Grenfell, the missionary
doctor of Labrador, who was so
much struck by thc eloquence of the
late Dr. Moody, at the time that
Moody & Sankey were holding their
meetings in London, that he resolved
to live for others, and started that
work which has made him one of the
greatest philanthropists of modern
days. But what I always want to
know with regard to modern evangelists is this: "Where does the money
go?" Consider the vast sums of
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0C1ETY
A quiet wedding was celebrated recently at the Methodist Church at
Duncan, /when Miss Hattie Mabel
Whidden, second daughter of Mr. R.
H. Whidden, well known in Duncan,
was united in marriage with Mr.
James Alfred Owen from Prince Rupert. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. J. W. Dickinson, before
a gathering of relatives and intimate
friends of the bride and groom. Mr.
and Mrs. Owen will take up their
residence in Prince Rupert, when they
return from their honeymoon.
Mrs. Frank Bodwell, accompanied
by her two children, left last Thursday week for a trip to Southern California.
* * -K
Captain John Irving was a visitor
to Seattle during the week.
Major Bennett, who has been visiting in Southern California for several
weeks, has returned to Victoria.
* * *
Mr. James Lawson has returned to
town after a week's visit to friends
in Vancouver.
* * *
Miss Alice Bell from Vancouver is
the guest of Miss Bryden, Head St.
* * *
Mr. H. M. Boss, from Prince Rupert, is a visitor to the city.
* * *
Miss Bolton and Master Gerald
Bolton went up to Duncan during thc
week to attend a ball given there.
* * *
Miss Emma Sehl has returned to
town after a pleasant holiday spent
in Seattle.
* * *
The engagement has been announced of Miss Susan H. Short of
this city and Mr. Douglas N. Mclntyre, of Kingston, Ont.
Mr. B. Warram and Mr. C. Hills
who have been visiting in the city,
have returned to their home in Alberni.
* * *
Mr. R. T. Rogers, from Chicago,
is in Victoria on a short visit.
* * *
Dr. Keith has come over from
Vancouver for the Union Club ball.
* * *
Mr. W. H. Alington from Duncan
visited the city during the week.
* * *
Mr. F. C. Green, from Nelson, was
in Victoria last week on business.
* * *
Mr. Jack Gibson, from Vancouver,
spent a few days in the city visiting
his relatives.
* * *
Mr. G. F. Powell, from Coothing,
Eng., is a recent arrival in town, and
is a guest at thc Empress Hotel.
* * *
Mr. McDugald, of thc Bank of Montreal, and formerly of this city, is
thc guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Pooley, Lampson street.
* * *
Miss Jukes and Miss Betty Jukes
have come over from Vancouver to
attend the Union Club ball, and while
here are registered at the Empress.
* * *
Miss Hailed, from Chemainus, is in
town on a short visit.
* * *
Mrs. E. G. Prior was hostess of a
very charming bridge party given recently.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Fairfowl, from
Portland, are registered at the Empress hotel.
* * *
A quiet wedding took place at St.
Saviour's Church on February I, when
Miss Ruby Davey, eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. Davey of Victoria
West District, was united in marriage
with Mr. Carstairs, from Scotland.
Thc wedding took place at half past
three, the Rev. C. E. Cooper officiating at thc ceremony.
* * *
Mr. J. M. Hills is visiting relatives
in Alberni.
* * i<
W. T. Wilkinson, from Vancouver,
is on a visit to Victoria.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Walker, from
Seattle, are guests in the city.
* * *
Mrs. Blackwood was hostess of a
smart bridge party given on last
Wednesday evening, in honor of Mrs.
Ude, who is visiting in the city.
Mrs. James Harvey, from Pier
Island, was a visitor to the city during the week.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Harold LeSueur,
from Calgary, are on a visit to Victoria.
* * *
Mrs. Alister Robertson will be hostess of a tea to be given at the Empress, next Monday.
* * *
Mrs. Bernard Heisterman and Mrs.
T. S. Gore will entertain at a bridge
party to be given on Tuesday next.
Mr. Richard Mainguy from Chemainus was in town for a few days
of last week.
* * *
The Hon. James Dunsmuir and
party left during the week, on thc
"Dolawia" for a trip up the Coast.
Mr. J. H. Young paid a business
trip to Vancouver last week.
* * *
A very pretty but quiet wedding
took place last Thursday week evening at St. Saviour's church, the contracting parties being Miss Marion
Kennedy, second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Kennedy, of Russel St., Victoria West, and Mr. William Hodgson, of the Empire Realty Co., from
Durham, Eng. The Rev. C. E. Cooper performed the ceremony. The
bride who looked very charming in
her wedding gown, was given away
by her father, while Miss Sadie Kennedy acted as bridesmaid. The groom
was supported by Mr. Chester A. Hill,
of Ukiah, California. After the ceremony the party drove to the home
of the bride's parents, where a dainty
wedding supper awaited them. The
young couple were the recipients of
many handsome presents. The
honeymoon is being spent in Seattle
and other cities.
* * *
Thc marriage of Mr. Raoui Laurier,
nephew of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to
Miss Eugenic dc Bcllefeuille, daughter
of Mr. Charles de Bcllefeuille of St.
Eustachc, has been arranged to take
place in the Spring.
-it * •:•
Mr. G. A. Keefer of this city is on
a business trip to Vancouver.
* * *
Mrs. Stretfield and children from
Saanich spent a few days of thc week
in the city visiting friends.
* * *
Mr. A. T. Frampton was a visitor
to Vancouver during the week.
* * *
Miss Bryden, Head Street, entertained a few of her friends at a small
dance given last Wednesday evening.
The Name
Pickard
as applied to beautiful hand-
painted China is now known all
over the civilized world. We
have a very fine display of this
lovely China. Every piece that
leaves our store is
WELL PACKED IN A
NICE WHITE BOX
bearing our name. Nothing
makes a more charming Birthday or Wedding Gift. All prices
large and small.
W. H. WILKERSON
The Jeweler
915 Government Street
Tel 1606
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I. F. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles east of the outlet of the
Yakoun River and one mile east of
License No. 28, Graham Island, thence
north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence west 80
chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles south and four miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and one mile east of License
No. 45; thence east 80 chains; thence
south SO chains; thence west 80 chains;
thence north 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more
or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
A Canadian Artist Honoured
The following report will be of interest to many Canadians, and especially to those who live in Victoria,
if they are at all connoisseurs of art
and can appreciate the honours which
art can offer. Mrs. Daniell, whose
name is well known as a portrait and
miniature artist, but who has recently
achieved a large measure of success
as a landscape painter also, is thc
only Canadian on the list of the Imperial Arts League of London, England. The League is at present principally composed of members who
live in England, but it is desired to
extend this in an Imperial way, so
that artists in the Colonies may receive that recognition which is so
hard to gain unless they are willing
to appear in London.
The report referred to is as follows:
"At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the Imperial Arts
League of London, England, Mrs. C.
Bampfyldc Daniell was elected a
member. Amongst thc members we
notice the names of Sir E. Poynter,
P.R.A., Lord Strathcona, Alfred
East, A.R.A., Stanhope Forbes, A. R.
A., Sir H. Von Herkomer, R.A., and
many other well-known artists, and
lovers of art, who are uniting in forming a Society whose name speaks for
itself, and which no doubt will help,
as it is intended to do, to bring Colonial Artists in touch with London,
and each other, and so fill a long-felt
want."
Stella—How will you have your
hat trimmed? Bella—I haven't decided between the merits of a monoplane and biplane wing effect.
New school theologians arc hitting
the Bible some hard raps, but for
all that a sad humanity will go on
looking into thc good book for comfort and consolation.
Interesting
Instructive
ROMANO
THEATRE
A visit to our amusement house will prove that we have the best
in Moving Pictures and Illustrated Songs.
Daily from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., and 7 until 11 p.m.
Saturday performances commence at 1 p.m. sharp.
Complete change every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
ADMISSION—Ten Cents; Children at Matinee, Five Cents.
ORCHESTRA IN ATTENDANCE.
A PLACE OF ATTRACTION FOR THE
YOUNG AND OLD IS
EMPRESS
THEATRE
The strides made in the improvement of Moving Pictures are
nothing more than marvellous.
They are not only interesting to look at but instructive and
'impressive and oftentimes portray a lesson worth learning.
Complete change of programme on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
Continuous performance: 2.00 to .30—7.00 to 10.30 p.m.
Children's Matinees: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday—Five Cents.
Admission «Ten Cents
nflJEJTIC
THEATRE
Yates Street, Just Below Government
where you can see the latest and best Motion Pictures
money and skill can produce. Illustrated songs. Continuous performance daily from 2 to 5.30—7 to 11.
Admission—10 cents; Children to Matinee, 5 cents.
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Pantages
THEATRE
Week of Feb. 7
Extraordinary
All Star
Vaudeville
Special Features
Big City Attractions
An Amusement
Festival
THE
New Grand
Week of Feb. 7
Henry Alice
CARVER—TAYLOR
The Noted Equilibrist and The
Female Wm. Tell
DOLPH AND SUSIE
LEVINO
In their Amusing Oddity and
their Original Finale of
Freehand Portraiture and
Simultaneous Song
ABBIE MITCHELL
Phenomenal Soprano Soloist
LAMBERT AND WILLIAMS
Conversationalists and
Songsters
THOMAS J. PRICE
Song Illustrator
NEW MOVING PICTURES
OUR OWN ORCHESTRA THE WEEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
The Week
A Provincial Review and Magazine, published every Saturday by
'THE WEEK" PUBLISHING
COMPANY, LIMITED.
Published at VICTORIA and VANCOUVER
1208 Government St., Victoria, B.C.
W. BLAKEMORE, Editor
Modern Readers
UY BOHEMIAN
I have often wondered why it is
that thc modern reader is so far
removed from his predecessor of
some twenty years ago. I have seen
it stated in print that the growth of
the modern magazine is thc cause of
this, but I am inclined to believe this
a fallacy. The novel reader of today
reads the magazines, but he also reads
the modern novels as they come out,
and yet he neglects those good old
classics which are an education in
themselves.
How many of the present generation living in Canada, England and
the United States, and by the present
generation I mean men of between
twenty and thirty years of age, can
discourse of Dickens' characters? I
have noticed time and again in Victoria that I have made an allusion
to Captain Cuttle or to the famous
Jarndyce case; I have referred to
Little Nell and also to Uriah Heep,
and I awaken not thc faintest response on the part of the auditor.
Charles Dickens was at least thc most
graphic portraycr of human life in
its varied aspects that ever lived, but
hc does not appeal to thc present generation.
Thackeray, a giant in intellect, and
a master with his pen, finds few admirers in the Twentieth Century.
Anthony Trolloppe is a classic, but
whoever hears his name mentioned in
Victoria now-a-days? "Endymion,"
by Beaconsfield is one of the finest
books ever written of its own class,
namely the political novel. Children
of earlier days were brought up on
Scott, but how many of thc present
day children of sixteen years of age
can use up all thc fingers of one hand
in enumerating the works of this
wonderful story-teller, which they
have read?
The grown-ups batten on George
Barr McCutcheon, Chambers and
Marie Corelli. All very excellent
writers in their own way, but writers
who will never "live"; if their popularity outlasts their own life-time
they will be fortunate. Marie Cor-
clli's fame, even now, may be said to
be based rather on notoriety than on
popularity. It cannot bc disputed
that the public buy her books as soon
as they appear on the market, but
they do not buy them for thc beauty
of her style, for she has no style, but
because she attacks some abuse with
a fearless, if somewhat ungrammatical, pen.
Much the same sort of change has
come about with regard to public
speaking and the art of conversation.
Just as the Bible tells us that "there
were giants in those days," so, a few
decades ago there were orators, men
who could turn a sentence and illustrate it with a quotation, In those
clays no man dared get up in the
British House of Commons and deliver a speech unless he could intersperse Horace, Cicero and other
Latin authors amid his oration. But
newspapers changed all that; when
the time came that public opinion
was to be influenced by means of thc
Press, rather than by means of appeals to the People's representatives,
then, at that same time, came the fall-
ing-off in oratory. And the falling-
off was swift and sure, and with it
came the decline in conversation.
"Facilis descensus Averno." When
conversation declined and men, who
in another age would have discussed
affairs of state, of literature, of the
higher arts, could find nothing more
interesting than the weather or the
ballet on which to exchange their
views, the cultivation of thc better
literature saw its doom, and thc
mushroom growth of novelists sprang
up.
What was thc "Penny Dreadful"
and "The Shilling Shocker" but the
result of a widespread, but half-
taught education? And though reams
of paper have been written, and
thousands of words uttered in denouncing these pernicious books, if
books they can be called, yet for the
most part the men and women who
conduct the campaign against them
are sinners very little removed from
the small office boy, who hurriedly
buries the yellow-back in the recesses
of his coat when his employer returns; for they prostitute their intellect to novels of a no more savoury
nature, though they are clothed in
a better binding ancl cost a few shillings more, instead of drinking at
that fountain of knowledge which the
great authors of the past have made
free to all.
Not that there have not been great
authors in modern clays; Meredith,
Hardy, Ruskin will "live", but at the
same time they cannot be called
"popular" authors. Ask the librarian
at any city library, and he will tell
you that when a new book is published by thc writers of thc lighter
fiction of modern days, there is a run
on it, but that there is very little call
for thc works of the writers of
classic fame. That this tendency on
the part of modern readers is a very
great menace to the intellects of thc
present generation, and therefore to
the greatness of thc Anglo-Saxon
race of the present age is the firm
conviction of many others than
The Canadian Magazine
An excellent article entitled "The
Evolution of Aerial Navigation" is
to be found in thc Canadian Magazine
for February. The author, Mr. J. E.
M. Fcthcrstonhaugh has so handled
his subject that the veriest tyro can
appreciate the enormous strides that
have been made in this the most fascinating of modern pursuits. Mr. D.
G. Cuthbert contributes a readable
article on "Thc Unsophisticated Englishman." This is written from the
employer's point of view, and the attempts of the willing Britisher, who
is so painfully ignorant of conditions
in this country, arc both amusing
and pathetic. Harold Sands, not unknown in British Columbia, writes of
Rossland, and an excellent story he
makes of the "Romance" of that
mining camp. There are numerous
other articles and short stories, all of
which go to make up one of the best
numbers of our monthly contemporary that has yet been placed on the
book-stalls.
Island Arts Club
There was a well attended meeting
of the committee of thc Island Arts
Club held last night at thc Alexandra
Club. Mr. J. J. Shallcross as President took thc chair. As it is formed
for thc purpose of encouraging arts
and crafts in their various branches
and it is desired to unite in one society as large a number as possible
of those interested in the advance-
T he merchants of this good burg of ours
//ave plenty of enterprise.
0 f business=getting they have powers
/W asterly, keen and wise.
A number of them are millionaires,
o ome own their hundreds few,
/? unning with wisdom their affairs==
C ourteous, straightforward and true.
c/sers of Printing these merchants are==
o ome get it locally, some from afar.
A. 11 they who have it done right here at hand
Confess that Cusack's the best in the land.
/knowledge like this— What's that ? Go slow!
But, anyhow, Telephone Two=Two=0h!
ment of so good a cause, the amount
of the annual subscription has been
placed at $2.00. Those wishing to become members are asked to send in
their names as soon as possible to
the Honorary Secretary, Mrs. C.
Bampfylde Daniell, at 609 Michigan
Street, to be placed before the Committee at the next meeting.
Flocking Back to Palestine
Jerusalem, Jan. 6.—The proclamation of the Constitution in Turkey
has thrown open the doors of Palestine to the incoming of Jews from
all parts of the world. In Jerusalem
alone four-fifths of the population
(100,000) now belong to the Jewish
faith, while at Jaffa, Tiberias, Safed,
and Haifa (Mount Carmcl) Jews are
reckoned by tens of thousands.
Almost the whole of the extensive
plain of Esdraclon has been bought
up by them. Their prosperous colonics spread from Dan to Beersheba,
and even farther south to the outskirts of Egypt. Thousands are escaping from Persia to find shelter
ancl protection in the Holy Land,
while every ship from Odessa carries
hundreds of them.
The Jordan Valley, once the property of the ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid,
is being eagerly sought after by Jewish capitalists and syndicates. The
Zionists, whose agents are distributed
all over the land, are buying up the
rich properties of the Mahommedan
Effendis, whose incomes since the revolution have considerably lessened.
The whole city is essentially a
Jewish town. Banking, as well as
trade and commerce, is monopolised
by Jews. The Government has found
it necessary to organize a company
of Jewish gendarmes. Hundreds of
thousands of pounds are annually sent
from Europe and America to enable
the colonists to build homes, hospitals, schools, ancl invalid homes. Over
one hundred Jewish schools already
exist in Jerusalem alone. Synagogues are rising up everywhere.
Thc value of land has risen four
fold. The ignorant ancl poverty-
stricken fellaheen (peasants) are being ousted from their homes and villages by the sharp European Jew
settler, whose modern agricultural
implements and methods have made
the land produce harvests never before dreamt of by the natives. The
Anglo-Palestine Company, a Zionist
banking ancl commercial enterprise,
is pushing the cause of Israel with
splendid determination.
The racial exclusiveness of thc Jews
and their clannish proclivities are
arousing the opposition of Ottomans. The Turkish Constitutional regime has in this question one of the
greatest problems that have ever
faced a new ancl patriotic Government.—London Daily Mail.
A telegram to the Victoria Daily
Times, dated February 2nd, states
that Mr. Warburton Pike, and Lord
Osborne Bcauclere are safe and will
return in thc near future. The
Lounger prophesied the same thing
last week.
A South-side man claims that the
janitor of the flat building in which
he lives is the meanest janitor on
earth. "He never gives us enough
steam during the day," said the complainant, "and at night the conditions
are simply awful. Why, I frequently
wake up and hear my wife's teeth
chattering on the bureau."
Smart Work
Last Wednesday night the local
Fire Brigade were called out to tackle
a fire on Fort Street, the building in
question being the dye shop on Fort,
close to Broad. Much admiration has
been expressed at the prompt way in
which the blaze was put out; the
building itself was gutted—that was
unavoidable—but the adjacent structures which were in imminent peril
were saved through the energetic action of Fire Chief Davis, who was
loyally backed up by his men. "Water,
water," came the fervid appeal of
the Chief, wafted in stentorian tones
by the ten o'clock breeze. And back
came the answer in a softly muttered
murmur from one of the crowd:
"Water, water everywhere, nor any
drop to drink; especially in Victoria."
However, eventually the water materialized, the flames were quenched,
and the crowd wandered home to
bed, or other places, thankful that
they possessed a man like Mr. Davis,
and inwardly marvelling at his command of language, and the lung capacity which could make it so audible.
"Had any experience at poker?"
"Some." "What's thc most you ever
saw in a pot?" "In real life or in a
poker story?"
Bright Lad
The teacher was trying to familiarize the little pupils with definition of
the word "tame."
"And what do most animals become
after they have been in the zoo a
long time?" she asked her class.
Up went the chubby hand of thc
little boy in thc blue reefer.
"Please ma'am, I know," he chirped.
"What, Willie?"
"Peanut eaters, ma'am."
On the Stage Coach
Driver—Oh, I say, this money don't
go here!
Passenger—Why not?
Because it's stage money.
Well, isn't this a stage?
One of the Assimilators
Stranger—What do you do witl
the vast swarms of immigrants tha
land on your shores every year?
Prominent Gothamite—We don'
have any trouble, sor, in assimylatin
thim.
Goes Differently
Bill—You see, a horse, like a man
gets rid of his heavy-coat in tin
summer time.
Jill—Yes; but the horse doesn'
have to worry over looking out fo
the ticket. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
Our
Great
Sale
Of High Grade
Furniture and
Home Furnishings
Our
Great
Sale
Of High Grade
Furniture and
Home Furnishings
Furniture as a commodity, is in many respects similar to diamonds. Furniture timber limits are regular "diamond mines" now-a-days. Then, too, as in the cutting
and the polishing of a diamond, the cost of finishing is high—if it is properly done. Furniture and diamonds are yearly costing more money. If the jeweler were to
offer "Diamonds at great reductions" the crowd would immediately yell—"Paste"—and they would he just ahout right, too.
There's a lot of "pasty" furniture on the market, and to the inexperienced eye it is mighty presentable "stuff." Time shows it up, hut the majority of furniture
buyers haven't either the time or the money to experiment. The safe, sure and most economical way is to buy guaranteed furniture—the Weiler kind.
Our furniture sale is a yearly affair—fact is it has heen running now for more than 47 years and is still growing in volume. Our stocks are up to the minute in
approved design and adaptability to popular needs and full of trustworthiness of construction. These facts, and the fact that we have hut ONE price—all the time—and
this price the fairest at which honest goods can he sold, are the main reasons why we find no reason for slaughtering" our merchandise to move it off our floors.
Just try the Weiler Store.
FURNISHERS OF
CHURCHES
SCHOOLS
BOATS
SINCE 1862
AT VIOTORIA, B.C.
Complete Home Furnirhers
Victoria, B.C.
FURNISHERS OF
HOMES
HOTELS
CLUBS
SINCE 1862
AT VICTORIA, B.C.
MUSIC
AND THE STAGE
The last week has been a memorable one in the annals of the Victoria Theatre. "The Music Master"
with David Warfield in the leading
part was pronounced by regular
theatre-goers as the finest piece seen
on the local stage for many a long
day. For Olga Nethersole's representation of "The Writing on the
Wall" the house was sold out days
beforehand. The local daily papers
have published full criticisms of the
two plays, and I have nothing further to add to their remarks.
Both the vaudeville houses in town
have had a good run this week. At
thc New Grand the feature of the
evening was the dancing of Elsie
Harvey and thc Goldie Boys. Hickman Bros. & Co. also have been putting up a very good turn in a comic
playlet. Pantages are happy in having secured the services of the wonderful woman baritone, Ola Hayden,
whose performance every evening has
been vociferously applauded by the
large houses which have assembled.
The Moving Picture Shows have
all been marked with special features.
At Romano's there has been a telling
presentment of Jean Valjean, the hero
of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables."
At the Empress President Taft ancl
Wilbur Wright have both been on thc
screen. "Thc Tramp's Story" at The
Majestic has entranced crowds.
The Victoria Theatre has been running its usual Biograph Show on off
nights, and thc views have been very
fine. I should like to make mention
of the amateurs who have been performing there. It requires a lot of
courage for a kid to stand up before
a crowded audience and sing a song
which has been previously only been
rehearsed before the domestic hearth.
The children this week have given
great satisfaction. Miss Regina Wax-
stock singing "Who's Afraid"; Miss
Helen Rogers in "Zip-I-Addy-I-Ay";
Miss Edna McGregor in "Columbia
the Gem of the Ocean"; and Miss
Mary Stephens in "School Days"
have all been loudly appreciated by a
large audience. Amongst the adults
Mrs. Proudlove and Mr. Gray singing "The Larboard Watch" as a duet,
and Mr. D. G. Brown singing "Love
Me and the World is Mine," duly received their meed of praise.
Brewster's Millions
On Wednesday, February 9, at the
Victoria Theatre will be seen the presentation by Cohan ancl Harris' comedians of Winchell Smith's and Byron
Ongley's dramatization of George
Barr McCutcheon's famous story,
"Brewster's Millions," of which upwards of half a million copies have
already been sold. The story of
Montgomery Brewster's wild and daring dissipation of a million dollars in
twelve months in order to obtain possession of a legacy of $7,000,000, is
already familiar to all readers of light
fiction. The humourous adventures
and escapades of young Brewster in
quest of his goal have been deftly
woven into a delightful comedy by
Messrs. Smith and Ongley, and as
presented by Cohan ancl Harris' clever
comedians, form an entertainment almost impossible of duplication. Originally produced by Frederic Thompson, that master of stage productions,
it ran for an entire year in New York
and subsequently for an extended
period in both London and Chicago,
in each city recording an almost unheard of success. Its presentation
here will be marked by the same care
and elaborateness of presentation as
during its long runs in the cities
above named. 1 he third act dis
closes what is probably the highest
achievement in stage mechanism hitherto recorded. It discloses the deck
of a ship in a storm at sea with such
marvellous fidelity that the onlooker
can imagine himself as experiencing
all the sensations of the participators
without any too wide stretch of his
imagination. While this episode in
the play is melodramatic in the extreme the balance of "Brewster's Millions" is delicious, sparkling comedy
and this element is largely responsible for the great success of thc
play. Certainly no dramatized novel
has ever attained an equal measure
of success and with this fact palpably apparent there can be no question of the positive merit of "Brewster's Millions" from any point of
view. It is a play which must bc
seen. The habitual theatregoer must
see it or his record is incomplete.
The public at large should see it, for
it marks an epoch in stage literature
which is as defined as the lines which
divide the drama of the Elizabethan
period from the drama of today.
Messrs. Cohan and Harris' comedians
presenting "Brewster's Millions," includes the following excellent players: Royal Tracy, Gus Christie, Carl
W. Gerard, Fred Loomis, Franklin
George, Louise Sanford, Richard
Webster, Arthur Bramms, Den
Wilkes, Katharine Rayc, Edward C.
Howard, Marie Horton, Morgia Lytton, Gene Foxcroft, Henry Carl
Lewis, Lew Krouse, Viola Grant and
Geraldyne B. Peck.
A Problem Play
The Problem Play Microbe, to be
treated humourously by Mclntyre and
Health, will be seen at the Victoria
Theatre Thursday, February 10.
It is announced as probable that
this will bc the last season thc mirth-
making Mclntyre and Heath will bc
seen in the present style of musical
comedy of which "Thc Ham Tree"
and now "In Hayti," are lively specimens.
scenaric of a new play submitted by
a well known author at present much
before the public which embodies a
plot they have had long in mind, and
it is expected the finished play will
be ready for them before the opening
of another season.
It is a story dealing with the negro
question which is now, as it has long
been, the subject of much widespread
discussion, but it is intended to treat
the subject from a new point of view
in throwing the light of actual comparisons upon thc real points at issue.
The idea of these stars who have
for thirty-five years so closely studied
the negro is to keep one darkey in ignorance and poverty, yet rich in thc
crude and simple comforts and joys
that suffice the more ignorant "cullud
folks" in thc less settled sections of
the country, ancl by contrast, allow
the other to become educated and
prosperous ancl make it evident the
hope was strong in his mind that hc
might reach the social plane of thc
"white brother."
At thc climatic point thc improved
negro would learn his colour was
still black and that hc was still but a
member of a subordinate race after
all.
The problem to bc set before an
audience with all thc quaint drollery
which it is impossible to believe cither
Mr. Mclntyre or Mr. Heath could
possibly keep out of a stage performance, would be in determining which
of thc two was more fortunate under
all circumstances.
Considering thc long acquaintance
these students of the negro traits
have had such a play might point
more directly at a possible solution
of the negro question than have
columns and booklets of theoretical
discussion. Thc contrasting negro
characters will bc taken by those
comedians along lines patterned after
characters in real life, ancl they assert definitely that though there
would naturally be scenes abounding
in thc unctuous darkey humour the
work would come distinctly under the
classification of modern drama.
Miss Maud Powell
The following criticism taken from
the New York Sun of January ist,
wil serve to introduce Miss Maud
Powell to Victorians, who will havc
thc pleasure of hearing her at the Victoria Theatre on February 15th:
The second concert in the Philharmonic Society's Beethoven series took
place yesterday afternoon at Carnegie Hall. Thc programme consisted
of the overtures to "Egmont" and
"Coriolan," the violin concerto and
thc fourth symphony. The solo performer was Maud Powell. The programme notes called attention to
some interesting facts, first that
Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's
Dream" overture and Beethoven's to
Goethe's "Egmont" arc regarded by
musicians as the finest examples of
overtures written to spoken dramas,
ancl second that hearing thc latter
caused Richard Wagner to abandon
an ambition to become a dramatic
poet and to become a musician.
If there were no other reasons than
these for giving respectful attention to
the "Egmont" overture they would
suffice. But when wc remember that
this ranks as one of Beethoven's great
overtures wc havc still another and a
potent one, for he produced some of
the greatest works in this form known
to music lovers. It stands with the
"Coriolan" and "Leonorc" No. 3 as
demonstration of thc power of music
to depict thc emotions of a drama,
and there is no more convincing plea
for delincativc music than that put
forth by the two overtures performed
yesterday.
Thc fourth symphony is infrequently played. It is not held as equal
in psychologic content with some of
thc larger works of Beethoven, but it
is a serious mistake to deem it unimportant as a piece of composition.
(Continued on Page S) THE WEEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
Since Eve ate apples much depends on dinner
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At the Street Corner
BY THE LOUNGER
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money which Billy Sunday, the American evangelist of blasphemous utterance, has collected; he avows that
it doesn't go into his pocket, but he
doesn't say where it docs go. If
evangelists are really working for
their Master, all that they are entitled
to is sufficient money to pay expenses
and to pay them a fair salary. The
balance of the collections ought to be
devoted to various charities. Possibly this may be thc case. I do
not make a definite statement that it
is not. But I consider that in every
town an auditor ought to be appointed to check the receipts and to
satisfy thc public that their money
has gone to deserving institutions,
when a fair percentage has been paid
to the evangelists.
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There is a great deal in the papers
now-a-days with regard to the Fall
Fair and thc Racing Meet. I do not
know what the editorial opinion of
this paper is on thc subject, but for
myself, from all accounts I have
heard, seeing that I was absent at
the last meeting, it proved an excellent thing for Victoria. Of course
some young fools went wrong; some
others lost more money than they
could afford; others again tried to
break into a game which they did not
understand and were softly bamboozled by the book-makers. But on
thc whole the City was thc better for
the meet. Money was flying around,
and few of the book-makers made
much money. I can't help thinking
that there is a great deal too much
cant about thc race proposition. Racing is not only the Sport of Kings;
it is the King of Sports, and I see
no more harm in a man, provided
that he can afford it.making a small
bet on a race, than I can in him playing Bridge at 50 cents a hundred.
An excellent article appeared in the
issue of the Colonist of Sunday, January 30, from the pen of Mr. Pocock
dealing with the question of gun licenses; it was an article which should
appeal to every sportsman in the
Province. Why should there not be
gun licenses issued here? Any man
who can afford to go out shooting
can well afford to pay for that privilege. Licenses would only be granted to presumably responsible persons,
and there would then be some chance
of eliminating the casualties which
obtain at the opening of every shooting season. As was mentioned in the
editorial columns of this paper last |
week, a gun is not a fire-arm unless 1
it is loaded, and there is nothing to I
prevent thc most irresponsible person
carrying one on his person, provided
the cartridges are not inserted. But |
if a gun license were in force any
person carrying a gun would be
liable to be called upon to show his
license.
All residents in Western Canada
realize the fact that September 1 is
nearly as fatal a day to human life |
in Canada as is July 4 to our friends j
on the other side of thc line. And !
there is no reason for it. The
Lounger congratulates Mr. Pocock on
his article, and hopes that he may
bc successful in carrying his project
to a successful termination. I
I have it on reliable authority that
although the chauffeurs of Victoria
were extremely incensed at my paragraph of last week, four of their number took my advice, patronized a
barber, put on fair apparel and displayed an excellent appearance. This
is only another proof that some reforms are brought about by the fatuous remarks of the
Cfri
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Uncle Eben—If ye ever visit New
York and git tired walkin' around th'
city don't ye go into the stock exchange to rest!
Aunt Martha—Why not?
Uncle Eben—Gracious sakes! there
they charge $40,000 for a seat!
Talk about the progress of civilization and thc awakening of China!
Last Monday I saw a Chinaman
•walking down the principal street
looking as happy as a king, and carrying two lacrosse sticks under his
arm. Truly sport is a great factor
in thc unification of nations, and thc
day may dawn when the Chinamen of
Victoria will challenge their white fel-!
low citizens to a lacrosse match.
More unlikely things have happened,
and if the yellow man prove as active on the playing-field as he has
proved himself in thc counting-house,
a match of this kind would prove ;
good one.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles south and flve miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and two miles east of License
No. 45; thence south 80 chains; thence
east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains;
thence west SO chains to poitn of commencement; containing 640 acres more
or less
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Tomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles east of the outlet of the
Yakoun River, Graham Island, and one
mile east of License No. 29; thence
north 80 chains: thence west 80 chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence east SO
chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
Jan 15 Mathew Yomans. Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:-—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles east of the outlet of the
Yakoun River, Graham Island and east
of License No. 29; thence south 80
chains; thence west 80 chains; thence
north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains
to point of commencement, containing
640 acres more or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles east of the outlet of the
Yakoun River, Graham Island, and one
mile east of License No. 29; thence 80
chains south; thence east 80 chains;
thence north 80 chains; thence west 80
chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
flve miles east of the Yakoun River,
Graham Island, and two miles east of
the License No. 29, thence south 80
chatns; thence east 80 chains; thence
north SO chains; thence west 80 chains
to point of commencement, containing
640 acres, more or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard. of
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
two miles south and four miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and one mile east of License
No. 36; thence north 80 chains; thence
east 0 chains; thence south 80 chains;
thence west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more or
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
two miles south and flve miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and two miles east of License
No. 36; thence north 80 chains; thenuc
east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains:
thence west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more or
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 16 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
two miles south and four miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and east of License No. 36;
thence west 80 chains; thence north 80
chains; thence east 80 chains; thence
south 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or
less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
F. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on tlie following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
two miles south and four miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and east of License No. 37;
thence south 80 chains; thence west 80
chains; thence north 80 chains; thence
east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
F. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands :-—
Commencing at a post planted about
two miles south and four miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and one mile east of License No.
37; thence south 80 chains; thence east
SO chains; thence north SO chains; thence
west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.
Dated 13 th January, 1910.
F. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
two miles south and flve miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and two miles east of License
No. 37; thence south 80 chains; thence
east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains;
thence west 60 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more
or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 16 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, P. B. Allard;. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles south and four miles east of
the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham
Island, and east of License No. 44-
thence north 80 chains; thence west 80
chains; thence south 80 chains; thence
east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less
Dated 13th January, 1910.
P. B. ALLARD,
jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
The Girl and The Graft
A Failure in Specializing
By O. Henry
The other day I ran across my old
friend Ferguson Progue. Progue is a
conscientious grafter of the highest
type. His headquarters is the Western Hemisphere, and his line of business is anything from speculating in
town lots on the Great Staked Plains
to selling wooden toys in Connecticut,
made by hydraulic pressure from nutmegs ground to a pulp.
Now and then when Progue has
made a good haul he comes to New
York for a rest. He says the jug
of wine and loaf of bread and Thou
in the wilderness business is about
as much rest and pleasure to him as
sliding down the bumps at Coney
would be to President Taft. "Give
me," says Progue, "a big city for my
vacation. Especially New York. I'm
not much fond of New Yorkers, and
Manhattan is about the only place on
the globe where I don't find any."
While in the metropolis Progue can
always be found at one of two places.
One is a little second-hand bookshop
on Fourth Avenue, where he reads
books about his hobbies, Mohammedanism and taxidermy. I found him
at the other—his hall bedroom in
Eighteenth' Street—where he sat in
his stocking feet trying to pluck "The
Banks of the Wabash" out of a small
zither. Four years he has practised
this tune without arriving near enough
to cast the longest trout line to the
water's edge. On the dresser lay a
blued-steel Colt's forty-five and a tight
roll of tens and twenties large enough
around to belong to the spring rattlesnake-story class. A chambermaid
with a room cleaning air fluttered
near by in the hall, unable to enter
or to flee, scandalized by the stocking feet, aghast at the Colt's, yet
powerless, with her metropolitan instincts, to remove herself beyond the
magic influence of the yellow-hued
roll.
I sat on his trunk while Ferguson
Progue talked. No one could bc
franker or more candid in his conversation. Beside his expression the
cry of Henry James for lacteal nourishment at the age of one month
would have seemed like a Chaldean
cryptogram. He told me stories of
his profession with pride, for he considered it an art. And I was curious
enough to ask him whether he had
known any women who followed it.
"Ladies?" said Progue, with Western chivalry. "Well, not to any great
extent. They don't amount to much
in special lines to any great extent.
They don't amount to much in special lines of graft, because they're all
so busy in general lines. What?
Why, they have to. Who's got the
money in the world? The men. Did
you ever know a man to give a woman a dollar without any consideration? A man will shell out his dust
to another man free and easy and
gratis. But if he drops a penny in
one of the machines run by the
Madam Eve's Daughters' Amalgamated Association and the pineapple
chewing gum don't fall out when he
pulls the lever you can hear him kick
to the superintendent four blocks
away. Man is the hardest proposition a woman has to go up against.
He's a low-grade one, and she has
to work overtime to make him pay.
Two times out of five she's salted.
She can't put in crushers and costly
machinery. He'd notice 'em and be
onto the game. They have to pan
out what they get, and it hurts their
tender hands. Some of 'em are natural sluice troughs and can carry
out $1,000 to the ton. The dry-eyed
ones have to depend on signed letters, false hair, sympathy, the kangaroo walk, cowhide whips, ability to
cook, sentimental juries, conversational powers, silk underskirts, ancestry, rouge, anonymous letters, violet
sachet powder, witnesses, revolvers,
pneumatic forms, carbolic acid, moonlight, cold cream and the evening
newspapers."
"You are outrageous, Ferg," I said.
"Surelv there is none of this 'graft,'
as you call it, in a perfect and harmonious matrimonial union!"
"Well," said Progue, "nothing that
would justify you every time in calling up Police Headquarters and ordering out the reserves and a vaudeville manager on a dead run. But
it's this way: Suppose you're a Fifth
Avenue millionaire, soaring high, on
the right side of copper and cappers.
"You come home at night and
bring a $9,000,000 diamond brooch to
thc lady who's staked you for a claim.
You hand it over. She says, 'Oh,
George!' and looks to see if it's
backed. She comes up and kisses
you. You've waited for it. You get
it. All right. It's graft.
"But I'm telling you about Artemisia Blye. She was from Kansas
and she suggested corn in all of its
phases. Her hair was as yellow as
the silk; her form was as tall and
graceful as a stalk in the low grounds
during a wet summer; her eyes were
as big and startling as bunions, and
green was her favourite colour.
"On my last trip into the cool recesses of your sequestered city I met
a human named Vaucross. He was
worth—that is, he had a million. He
told me he was in business on the
street. 'A sidewalk merchant?' says
I, sarcastic. 'Exactly,' says he 'Senior
partner of a paving concern.'
"I kind of took to him. For this
reason. I met him on Broadway one
night when I was out of heart, luck,
tobacco and place. He was all silk
hat, diamonds and front. He was all
front. If you had gone behind him
you would have only looked yourself
in the face. I looked like a cross between Count Tolstoy and a June lobster. I was out of luck. I had—but
let me lay my eyes on that dealer
again.
"Vaucross stopped and talked to
me a few minutes and then he took
me to a high-toned restaurant to eat
dinner. There was music, and then
some Beethoven, Bordelaise sauce,
and cussing in French, and frangi-
pangi, and some hauteur and cigarettes. When I am flush I know th*°m
places.
"I declare, I must have looked as
bad as a magazine artist sitting there
without any money and my hair all
rumpled like I was booked to read a
chapter from 'Elsie's School Days'
at a Brooklyn Bohemian smoker. But
Vaucross treated me like a bear
hunter's guide. He wasn't afraid of
hurting the waiter's feelings.
" 'Mr. Progue,' he explains to me,
'I am using you.'
"'Go on,' says I; 'I hope you don't
wake up.'
"And then he tells me, you know,
the kind of man he was. He was a
New Yorker. His whole ambition
was to be noticed. He wanted to be
conspicuous. He wanted people to
point him out and bow to him, and
tell others who he was. He said it
had been the desire of his life always.
He didn't have but a million, so he
couldn't attract attention by spending money. He said he tried to get
into public notice one time by planting a little public square on the east
side with garlic for free use of the
poor; but Carnegie heard of it, and
covered it over at once with a library in the Gaelic language. Three
times he had jumped in the way of
automobiles; but the only result was
five broken ribs and a notice in the
papers that an unknown man, five
feet ten, with four amalgam-filled
teeth, supposed to be the last of the
famous Red Leary gang, had been
run over.
"'Ever try the reporters?' I asked
him.
" 'Last month,' says Mr. Vaucross,
'my expenditure for lunches to reporters was $124.80.'
"'Get anything out of that?' I asks.
"'That reminds me,' says he; 'add
$8.50 for pepsin. Yes, I got indigestion.'
" 'How am I supposed to push
along your scramble for prominence?'
I inquires. 'Contrast?'
" 'Something of that sort tonight,'
says Vaucross. 'It grieves me; but I
am forced to resort to eccentricity.'
And here he drops his napkin in his
soup and rises up and bows to a gent
who is devastating a potato under a
palm across the room.
" 'The Police Commissioner,' says
my climber, gratified.
" 'Friend,' says I, in a hurry, 'have
ambitions but don't kick a rung out
of your ladder. When you use me as
a stepping stone to salute the police
you spoil my appetite on the grounds
that I may be degraded and incriminated. Be thoughtful.'
"At the Quaker City squab en casserole the idea about Artemisia Blye
comes to me.
" 'Suppose I can manage to get you
in the papers,' says I—'a column or
two every day in all of 'em and your
picture in most of 'em for a week.
How much would it be worth to
you?'
" 'Ten thousand dollars,' says Vaucross, warm in a minute. 'But no
murder,' says he; 'and I won't wear
pink pants at a cotillion.
" 'I wouldn't ask you to,' says I.
'This is honorable, stylish and unef-
feminate. Tell the waiter to bring
a demitasse and some other beans,
and I will disclose to you the opus
moderandi.'
"We closed the deal an hour later
in the rococo rouge et noise room. I
telegraphed that night to Miss Artemisia in Salina. She took a couple
of photographs and an autograph letter to an elder in the Fourth Presbyterian Church in the morning, and
got some transportation and $80. She
stopped in Topeka long enough to
trade a flashlight interior and a valentine to the vice-president of a trust
company for a mileage book and a
package of five-dollar notes with $250
scrawled on the band.
"The fifth evening after she got my
wire she was waiting, all decollete
and decollete and dressed up, for me
and Vaucross to take her to dinner
in one of these New York feminine
apartment houses where a man can't
get in unless he plays bezique and
smokes depilatory powder cigarettes.
" 'She's a stunner,' says Vaucross
when he saw her. 'They'll give her
a two-column cut sure.'
"This was the scheme the three
of us concocted. It was business
straight through. Vaucross was to
rush Miss Blye with all the style, and
display and emotion he could for a
month. Of course, that amounted to
nothing as far as his ambitions were
concerned. The sight of a man in a
white tie and patent leather pumps
pouring greenbacks through the large
end of a cornucopia to purchase nutriment and heartsease for tall, willowy blondes in New York is as common a sight as blue turtles in de-
lirfium tremens. But he was to write
her love letters—the worst kind of
love letters, such as your wife publishes after you are dead—every day.
At the end of the month he was to
drop her, and she would bring suit
for $100,000 for breach of promise.
"Miss Artemisia was to get $10,000.
If she won the suit that was all; and
if she lost she was to get it anyhow.
There was a signed contract to that
effect.
"Sometimes they had me out with
'em, but not often. I couldn't keep
up to their style. She used to pull
out his notes and criticize them like
bills of lading.
"'Say, you!' she'd say. 'What do
you call this—a Letter to a Hardware
Merchant from His Nephew on
Learning that His Aunt Has Nctt-
lerash? You Eastern duffers know
as much about writing love letters as
a Kansas grasshopper does about tugboats. "My dear Miss Blye!"—
wouldn't that put pink icing and a
little red sugar bird on your bridal
cake? How long do you expect to
hold an audience in a court-room with
that kind of stuff? You want to get
down to business, and call me
"Tweedlums Babe" and "Honeysuckle," and sign yourself "Mama's
Own Big Bad Puggy Wuggy Boy" if
ynu want any limelight to concentrate upon your sparse gray hairs.
Get snappy.'
"After that Vaucross dipped his
pen in the indelible tobasco. His
notes read like something or other
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Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
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Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles south and four miles east
of the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham Island, and east of License No. 45;
thence west 80 chains; thence south 80
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Dated 13th January, 1910.
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jan 15 Mathew Tomans, Agent.
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in the original. I could see a jury
sitting up, and women tearing one
another's hats to hear 'em read. And
I could sec piling up for Mr. Vaucross as much notoriousness as Archbishop Cranmer or the Brooklyn
Bridge or chcese-on-salad ever enjoyed. He seemed mighty pleased at
the prospects.
"They agreed on a night; and I
stood on Fifth Avenue outside a
solemn restaurant and watched 'em.
A process-server walked in and handed Vaucross the papers at his table.
Everybody looked at 'em; and hc
looked as proud as Cicero. I went
back to my room and lit a five-cent
cigar, for I knew thc $10,000 was as
good as ours.
"About two hours later somebody
knocked at my door. There stood
Vaucross and Miss Artemisia, and
she was clinging—yes, sir, clinging—
to his arm. And they tells mc
they'd been out and got married. And
they articulated some trivial cadences about love and such. And
they laid down a bundle on the table
and said 'Good-night' and left.
"And that's why I say," concluded
Ferguson Progue, "that a woman is
too busy occupied with her natural
vocation and instinct of graft such as
is given her for self-preservation and
amusement to make any great success in special lines."
"What was in the bundle that they
left?" I asked, with my usual curiosity.
"Why," asid Ferguson, "there was
a scalper's railroad ticket as far as
Kansas City and two pairs of Mr.
Vaucross's old paints."
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Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
five miles east of the outlet of the Yakoun River, Graham Island, and twu
miles east of License No. 28, thence
north 80 chains; thence east SO chains;
thence south 80 chains, thence west 80
chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.
Dated 13th January. 1910.
F. B. ALLARD,
Jan 15 Mathew Yomans, Agent. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
MUSIC AND THE STAGE
(Continued from Page 5)
While it lacks the marvellously close
construction of the fifth, the vigor
and variety of the seventh or the programmatic interest of the sixth, it is
none the less a symphony which
would make the fortune of any new
composer in these days of little
melodic inspiration.
Simple in idiom as it seems to us
now, in its own day it challenged
criticism. No less a personage than
Weber, thjugh indeed a very young
man at that time, wrote a commentary on it in thc form of a dream in
which the instruments of the orchestra wcre supposed to be speaking.
The double bass complained that
it had been compelled to caper like
a wild goat and turn itself into a
"mere fiddle" to voice the "no ideas
of Mr. Composer." Such comment
seems strange to us who arc certain
that the composition breathes the
very essence of happiness and youthful spirit.
Tt was selected by Mendelssohn for
his debut as conductor of the Gewand-
haus concerts in Leipsic, and one
can readily understand how its suav-
several dresses, all worn during the
act, she will sing a number of songs
in her delightful soprano voice.
There will be the usual stock features. Thomas J. Price has the illustrated song and the moving pictures
and orchestral selections complete a
long and strong bill.
MOMUS.
Maud Powell
ity of melody ancl its elegance of
finish must have appealed to him,
There is indeed sound reason why
such a work should not bc neglected,
and if a Beethoven cycle had no other
claim to consideration it would obtain one because of its inclusion of
the less frequently performed symphonies of the master.
The violin concerto is conceded to
offer the most exacting test of musicianship to the virtuoso of the instrument. To interpret it competently is
to earn a place among artists. Miss
Powell has held such a place for no
little time and it was expected that
she would play the concerto in a dignified manner. But her performance
rose to an unusually high pitch of
vigor, while technically it was most
admirable. Her playing was not simply excellent for a woman, but was
commendable as the achievement of a
notable musician.
New Grand Theatre
A combination of masterly equilibrium ancl sharpshooting by Henry
and Alice Carver Taylor will be seen
next week at the New Grand Theatre,
thc man performing the equilibrist
features and the lady being responsible for the sharpshooting. This act
will bc found most beautifully costumed ancl thc general staging of a
higher class than generally found in
acts of this kind. It can bc counted
an act of cxccptioanl value and a big
drawing card.
The Levinos will be here too, and
this visit they bring a harp. Thc
musician being Mr. Lavino. His
partner will sing several old songs,
to his harp accompaniment. Thc act
is reported as exceptionally enjoyable
the pair being musicians to their
finger tips who take as much delight
in their work as they give thc audience.
Lambert ancl Williams, comedians
ancl singers, will bring an excellent
line of dancing and singing. There
are duets and solos in their programme ancl both are credited with
excellent voices.
A strong ancl sweet soprano is the
way in which Abbic Mitchell is reported on. Beautifully costumed with
The Point of View
Hoax—Don't you think it's outrageous the prices these milliners
charge for hats?
Joax—Oh, I don't know.
Hoax—You don't know, eh? It's
very evident you are not a married
man.
Joax—Wrong, I married a milliner.
The Incomplete Law
Poor Richard was writing "early
to bed and early to rise."
"Why didn't you include early to
shop?" we asked.
Sadly he confessed himself behind
the times.
First Cat—Why, Tom, you arc
singing out of range.
Second Cat—Out of range of that
man in the window yonder—yes.
An Overplus
Lafferty—"Tooley's new wife, I understand, has a great deal of self-
esteem."
Rafferty—"She has so much of it
that when Tooley the other day wanted to store his first wife's portrait in
the attic the new Mrs. T. insisted
that the picture be left hanging
where it was, in the sitting room."
Lafferty—"But what has that to do
with the lady's self-esteem."
Rafferty—"Why, don't you see?
She wanted the portrait to remain in
sight, so Tooley by comparison would
realize the great improvement he had
made in his second choice."
Would Come Later
She—I'll always love you, dear, and
try to ease your sufferings and cares!
He—But, dearest, I haven't any
sufferings and cares, I'm happy to
say.
She—Oh, I don't mean now, but after we're married!,
Defined
"How do you define black as your
hat'?" said a schoolmaster to one of
his pupils.
"Darkness that may be felt," replied the budding genius.
Any Covering Will Come
"Hands up!" hissed the burglar
bold in the cheap hotel. "I've got
you covered."
"Thank goodness!" gasped the shivering guest. "That is more than this
four-foot blanket will do."
A False Alarm
The boy was busy down cellar fixing his sled when his mother called:
"Reggie."
"Um-m."
"Reggie!"
"What?"
"Reggie!!"
"Well?"
"Reginald!!!"
"Y-es."
"Reg-i-nald!"
"Yes, ma."
"Why couldn't you answer me pro
perly the first time?"
"What do you want?"
"Nothing now; but the minister is
coming to supper, and I was testing
your manners."
Reggie gave a snort; "I've no use
for these fire drills, anyhow."
"Take off your hat!"
Rude men behind her cried,
And she (just think of it) complied;
But they were still unsatisfied,
And yelled with their mouths
opened wide,
"Take off your rat!"
A Welcome Exception
"Why do you consider that man so
desirable as a dinner guest?"
"He's one of the few people of our
acquaintance who don't insist on having light meat when a fowl is being
carved." '
Notice
To the Public, and to
whom it may concern:
The Victoria Cold Storage & Ice
Co., Victoria, B.C., have changed their
firm name to the
Vancouver Island Cold Storage
and Ice Company
Address all future communications
to the V. I. Cold Storage & Ice Co.
1618 Store Street, Victoria, B.C.
Telephone 2282
CORRESPONDENCE
The Week accepts no responsibility
for the views expressed by its correspondents.
Communications will be Inserted
whether signed by the real name of
the writer or a nom de plume, but the
writer's name and address must be
given to the Editor as an evidence of
bona fides. In no case will it be
divulged without consent.
The Editor The Week.
Dear Sir,—Last Saturday there appeared in our evening contemporary
an account of certain zinc reduction
works, with which was connected the
name of M. Riondel, the President of
the new Canadian Metal Company.
Now everyone in British Columbia is
glad to hear of these things, especially of anything which may lead to the
profitable exploitation of zinc ore, of
which there are vast amounts in the
Province. There have been from
time to time various reports of movements in this direction, but so far they
have failed to materialize, and naturally new ones are carefully scanned
to detect evidences of reliability. i
Unfortunately this one does not af- j
ford any of these, because thc writer
is so ignorant of the geography ofj
his own province that he does not
know where the locality affected is.
He refers constantly to East Kootenay, a name applied to that great
valley which contains the upper
waters of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, but in which, practically speaking, there does not happen
to be any zinc. The district to which
he should have referred is West Kootenay, of which Nelson is the centre
and capital.
The town of Riondel, which is
practically the old Blue Bell Mine
and its various buildings, is on the
East shore of Kootenay Lake, about
thirty miles from Nelson, and there,
there are vast deposits of zinc ore,
and it is quite close to the great
Slocan country, which contains "The
Lucky Jim" and all the other well-
known zinc producing mines. Just
opposite it, across thc Lake, is Ainsworth with its rich district.
Our would-be instructors should at
any rate show their readers that they
Wednesday, Feb. 9
Cohan & Harris' Comedians
with
ROYAL TRACY
In Frederic Thompson's
Production of
Brewster's
Millions
By Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley
A Dramatization of George Barr
McCutcheon's Famous Book, "A
Scenic Triumph," "A Laughing Success."
Greatest Ship Scene and Storm
Effects ever witnessed on thc stage.
Prices—25c 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50.
Seats on sale Monday, Feb. 7.
Thursday, Feb. 10
Klaw & Erlangcr's Big Loughing
Trust
Mclntyre and Heath
IN HYTI
A Whirlwind of Fun and Music
with the Famous Dancing Chorus of
Beauty.
Prices—50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50.
Scat sale opens Tuesday, Feb. 8.
Mail orders will receive their usual
attention.
Satisfaction
We guarantee quality and satisfaction with every purchase of
Groceries.
Phone orders carefully attended to.
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. FORESHORE LEASE
TAKE NOTICE that I, James Chichester Harris, of Victoria, B.C., intend, 60
days after date to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a lease of
the following Foreshore,, viz.: Commencing at a post planted at the southeast corner of Lot 56, Esquimalt District, thence northeasterly following the
sinuosites of the foreshore a distance ot
15 chains more or less to the northeast
corner of said lot 56..
__, _ ._ . __ •' J. C. HARRIS.
Dated December 16th, 1909.
dec 2G. . . *
at clast know something about the
subjects on which they write.
CHARLES ST. BARBE.
178
NOTICE
PROVINCIAL LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY
PRIVATE BILLS
Copies of Bills, Petitions, and notices
as published must be deposited with,
and all fees paid to, the Clerk of the
House, not later than 12th January.
1910.
Petitions for Bills will not be received by the House after 31st January,
1910.
Bills must be presented to the House
not later than 10th February, 1910.
Reports from Standing Committee on
Bills will not be received by the House
after 17th February, 1910.
THORNTON FELL,
Clerk, Legislative Assembly.
Victoria, lst November, 1909.
nov 20
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles south and four miles east
of the outlet of the Yakoun River,
Graham Island, and one mile east of
License No. 44; thence north 80 chains;
thence east 80 chains; thence south 80
chains; thence west 80 chains to point
of commencement, containing 640 acres
more or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
F. B. ALLARD,
Jan 15 Mathew Tomans, Agent.
SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Queen Charlotte
Take Notice that I, F. B. Allard. of
Prince Rupert, occupation Millwright,
Intend to apply for a license to prospect for coal on the following described
lands:—
Commencing at a post planted about
four miles south and five miles east of
the outlet o fthe Yakoun River, Granam*
Island, and .two miles east of License
No. 44; thence north 80 chains; thence
east 80 chains; thence south SO chains;
thence west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more
or less.
Dated 13th January, 1910.
F. B. ALLARD,
Jan 16 Mathew Yomans, Agent.
CANCELLATION OF RESERVE
NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve, notice of which was given in
the Gazette of the 28th October, 1909,
reserving all foreshore abutting on the
East Coast of Vancouver Island, and
extending from the head of Saanich Inlet to the 62nd parallel of north latitude,
and all coal underlying the said foreshore, as well as the coal under the
sea fronting the said foreshore and
extending out therefrom a distance of
one mile, is cancelled.
ROBERT A. RENWICK,
Deputy Commissioner of Lands.
Lands Department,
Victoria, B.C., January 5th, 1910.
Jan 8
Mistress—Well, Mary, have you
found out what has become of the
remainder of the pigeon pie? Mary
(returning from voyage of investigation below)—Please mum, cook says
I ate it.
Hope of a nomination next time is
the best salve in the world for a politician's sore spots.

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